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there's an 11 page interview with sam houser at IGN...and thats only part one!: http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/863/863028p1.html

I always liked Toads turnpike on MK64 the best. When you played it in 'mirror mode' the traffic was heading towards you

These screens shots where in the trailer ( they whizzed past quickly at the end )

Commodore 64 games are now up on the Virtual console channel, the Virtual console channel logo has a big C64 logo flashing up on it too lol Two c64 are games availible at 500 points each: International Karate and Uridium Also added was Crus'n USA for the N64

hmm no mention of it being the final update today ( its the electroplankton stage today ). Also there's still no release date for the EU

They did release Vice city stories on the PS2 also ( which is what I have). As I understand it, its a straght port with the local multiplayer taken out from the PSP version. It came out about a year ago for £20 so it should cost about a tenner now at the most. Glad to hear about chatterbox the stand up comedy clubs sound really intresting...I wonder what stand up comedians they picked

Yeah I agree, the soundtrack was superb. Have you played Vice city Stories? I think the soundtrack is just as good. Also:I wonder if we'll see a return of Chatterbox, the talk station from GTA 3. I downloaded mp3s of all the talk stations from the different gta games because they are so well written and hilarious.

My Wii is now making a similar noise to the second youtube video in this post, I only brought my wii in Decemeber so its barely close to 4 months old...so I'm a little confused as to how it can be suffering from any wear and tear already. so far its not effecting the games at all and the noise only comes after about 10-15 minutes of playing Wii sports but I'm not sure if its worth sending it in to get 'fixed' plus I'm not sure I can find the receipt. Anyone else have the same problem?

More new pics here: http://www.playwii.de/wii/news,id1996,neues_sonic_spiel_enthuellt_auch_wii.html

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I wonder if that Mario Kart Circuit remix song from smash brothers brawl will be in this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgXGuqvW1js I think its too good to leave out

Some more multiplayer and main game details:

No you have to unlock him. His stage is there from the start though

Yeah they should of used a different image. personally I think they should of had just the 'IV' logo

the fourth ( and final ) trailer gets released on the 27th this month,although I guess that won't have any gameplay since the last three didnt. If the past GTA games are anything to go by, we won't be seeing any gameplay footage until release. Also, 500 special ecition 360 elites have been made: http://www.complex.com/blogs/2008/03/20/xbox-drops-500-limited-edition-gta-iv-360s/

gametrailers have the Japanese opening and a few other videos: http://www.gametrailers.com/game/5151.html

I am (don't know why though ). I wish I'd imported a American Wii last year instead o buying a EU one.

A mail just poped up on the Wii message board:

I'm guessing we ( EU Wii owners ) got the update for the same reason (they just havnt put a message telling us that yet). BTW I don't have a freeloader,so no idea if this effects anything. Bare in mind it wasnt a firmware update, it just updated the shop.

Just tried to sign into the Wii shopping channel and it asked me to update it. No idea what the update has done though, I thought it might of been C64 games, maybe thats what we're getting tonight. -edit From American Wii shop page has this: An Update to your Wii Shop Channel is now available. This update is needed in order to access WiiWare games launching this Spring. For those who have already done the update on or after March 20th, you will not need to update again.

Am I reading that right...Battle mode is only playable in team mode now?

oh god yes, the very same man. Although I guess we can't blame him directly for that, it was his job to make anything Nintendo did sound fantastic...even if that means holding up Mario party 3 the same month grand theft Auto 3 is released and telling us N64 will dominate christmas.

Did they play it online or was the review based of all the offline content?